C63: 

Farm/Producer: La Isla, Jiménez and Padilla family

Region: Costa Rica, Naranjo, Lourdes

Process: Honey

Altitude: 1560 masl

Variety: Villa Sarchi

Cup Profile: Pomegranate, Stone Fruit, Cadbury Whispers

At Cedar, we’re always looking for coffees that tell a clear story of place, variety and processing and this lot from Costa Rica’s La Isla farm does exactly that. Costa Rica is renowned for its clean, expressive Villa Sarchi coffees and its mastery of honey processing, and La Isla is a young but fast-rising farm that’s already earning serious recognition. Founded by the Jiménez & Padilla family, the farm sits in Naranjo at 1,560 masl, and their commitment to precise, quality-focused production has already placed them 6th in the 2024 Cup of Excellence Costa Rica.

For this lot, cherries were handpicked at peak ripeness, de-pulped, and dried slowly with their sticky mucilage intact a meticulous honey process that lifts sweetness, enhances texture, and keeps the profile incredibly clean.

On filter, the cup is bright and juicy with pomegranate notes. As espresso, it opens into a range of stone fruit flavours peach, pomegranate, and at times a fruit-cocktail character giving it a round, expressive sweetness. In milk, it softens into a creamy, chocolatey sweetness reminiscent of Cadbury Whispers.